HB4647 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4647

Introduced , by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 525/2

from Ch. 85, par. 1602

Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that a volunteer firefighter in good standing with a municipal fire department or fire protection district may, during his or her term of service as a volunteer firefighter, purchase 4 vehicle tires every 3 years under a contract established by the State. Effective immediately.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Governmental Joint Purchasing Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

(30 ILCS 525/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 1602)

Sec. 2. Joint purchasing authority.

(a) Any governmental unit may purchase personal property, supplies and services jointly with one or more other governmental units. All such joint purchases shall be by competitive solicitation as provided in Section 4 of this Act. The provisions of any other acts under which a governmental unit operates which refer to purchases and procedures in connection therewith shall be superseded by the provisions of this Act when the governmental units are exercising the joint powers created by this Act.

(a-5) A chief procurement officer established in Section 10-20 of the Illinois Procurement Code may authorize the purchase of personal property, supplies, and services jointly with a governmental entity of this or another state or with a consortium of governmental entities of one or more other states. Subject to provisions of the joint purchasing solicitation, the appropriate chief procurement officer may designate the resulting contract as available to governmental units in Illinois.

(b) Any not-for-profit agency that qualifies under Section 45-35 of the Illinois Procurement Code and that either (1) acts pursuant to a board established by or controlled by a unit of local government or (2) receives grant funds from the State or from a unit of local government, shall be eligible to participate in contracts established by the State.

(c) A volunteer firefighter in good standing with a municipal fire department or fire protection district may, during his or her term of service as a volunteer firefighter, purchase 4 vehicle tires every 3 years under a contract established by the State. The purchase of tires by a volunteer firefighter under this subsection must be approved by the chief officer, or any other designated officer, of the fire department or fire protection district. As used in this subsection (c), the term "vehicle" means passenger automobiles, light duty trucks, heavy duty trucks, and other self-propelled motorized equipment in excess of 25 horsepower and attachments.

(Source: P.A. 96-584, eff. 1-1-10; 97-895, eff. 8-3-12.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.